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Wondering if anyone has built the fuselage prior to the wings?

I'm thinking of ordering the slow build fuselage kit (now that the matched-hole cheater version is available) and then the QB wings. ...

Thanks Gents. I'll experiment with each. Think I'll start with reducing the pressure at the gun. Maybe not banging the snot outta the rivets will help. Be gentle with the rivets, the rivets are yo ...

I know you experienced folks get tired of the "is this crappy rivet ok?" bit, but I gotta post another one. I'm back riveting the stiffeners into the rudder and elevator skins of an -8. Th ...

want to know if my spray gun is usable.

i set up a clean air line for spray priming, and then bought an el cheapo spray gun from hft. the gun has some oil on the internal parts apparently for lube ...